Students compete in financial literacy challenge

The Iowa Center for Economic Education at Dordt College facilitated the New Iowa Finance Challenge for Middle and High School Students that was held during Money Smart Week at the end of April.

The state-wide financial literacy competition was a free online financial literacy program that tested students’ knowledge about income and money management, spending and credit, and savings and investing.

MOC-FV High School took the overall winning title, qualifying them for nationals. However, the winning teams from MOC-FV were unable to attend nationals due to graduation and state track. The next highest scoring team was from River Valley. Teacher Teena Dreckman attended the national competition in Kansas City with her students: Katie Reinking, Paige Korver, and Emily Hoy.

The challenge was sponsored by the Iowa Jump$tart Coalition and Wells Fargo.

Standings

Region one high school division:

First place: Maria Cuevas, Aricson Knoblock, and Monica Nicholson of MOC-FV High School

Second place: Sarah Schwarz, Kyle Van Der Stoep, and Cara Venema of MOC-FV High School

Region three high school division:

First place: Sammy Anderson, Erin Bolte, and Brian Tessmer of Tri-Center High School

Second place: Grace Lisle, Hannah Pettit, Jesse Pursell, and Shelbie Weihs of Tri-Center High School

Region one middle school division:

First place: Skylar Mesner, Adrian Meza, and Ariaqna Meza of River Valley

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